Transcription
-
- US Pronunciation
- US IPA
- UK Pronunciation
- UK IPA
-
- [url]
- /ɜrl/
- /ɜːl/
-
- US Pronunciation
- US IPA
-
- [url]
- /ɜrl/
Definitions of earl word
- noun earl a male given name: from the old English word meaning “noble.”. 1
- noun earl A British nobleman ranking above a viscount and below a marquess. 1
- noun earl title: nobleman 1
- noun earl rank of nobleman 1
- countable noun earl An earl is a British nobleman. 0
- noun earl (in the British Isles) a nobleman ranking below a marquess and above a viscount 0
Information block about the term
Origin of earl
First appearance:
before 900 One of the 4% oldest English words
before 900; Middle English erl, Old English eorl; cognate with Old Saxon erl man, Old Norse jarl chieftain
Historical Comparancy
Parts of speech for Earl
noun
adjective
verb
adverb
pronoun
preposition
conjunction
determiner
exclamation
earl popularity
A common word. It’s meaning is known to most children of preschool age. About 99% of English native speakers know the meaning and use the word.
Most Europeans know this English word. The frequency of it’s usage is somewhere between "mom" and "screwdriver".
earl usage trend in Literature
This diagram is provided by Google Ngram ViewerSynonyms for earl
noun earl
- commander — A commander is an officer in charge of a military operation or organization.
- liege — a city in E Belgium, on the Meuse River: one of the first cities attacked in World War I.
- aristocrat — An aristocrat is someone whose family has a high social rank, especially someone who has a title.
- captain — In the army, navy, and some other armed forces, a captain is an officer of middle rank.
- prince — a treatise on statecraft (1513) by Niccolò Machiavelli.
Antonyms for earl
noun earl
- follower — a person or thing that follows.
- commoner — In countries which have a nobility, commoners are the people who are not members of the nobility.
- inferior — lower in station, rank, degree, or grade (often followed by to): a rank inferior to colonel.
- servant — a person employed by another, especially to perform domestic duties.
- dame — Dame is a title given to a woman as a special honour because of important service or work that she has done.
Top questions with earl
- how old is james earl jones?
- what is an earl?
- where did james earl ray die?
- who was james earl ray?
- how many seasons of my name is earl?
- how to make earl grey tea?
- where was my name is earl filmed?
- what does earl mean?
- what is the wife of an earl called?
- where is my name is earl filmed?
- who plays earl in my name is earl?
- what does earl grey tea taste like?
- how old is earl sweatshirt?
- who plays joy on my name is earl?
- what does the name earl mean?